Resources
Source: Opioid Poisoning Committee of the Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Association, 2021
Reading
Purdy K. My brother. CMAJ. 2021 Sep 13;193(36):E1433-4.
Van Boekel LC, Brouwers EP, Van Weeghel J, Garretsen HF. Stigma among health professionals towards patients with substance use disorders and its consequences for healthcare delivery: systematic review. Drug and alcohol dependence. 2013 Jul 1;131(1-2):23-35.
Muncan B, Walters SM, Ezell J, Ompad DC. “They look at us like junkies”: influences of drug use stigma on the healthcare engagement of people who inject drugs in New York City. Harm reduction journal. 2020 Dec;17(1):1-9.
Marya R, Patel R. Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice. 2021.
Stroh D. Systems Thinking for Social Change. 2015.
Training
Inspiring
Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong - Johann Hari
What has the war on drugs done to the world - Ethan Nadelmann
Let's quit abusing drug abusers - Carl Hart, PhD
Innovating
National Overdose Response Service
U of A news article: U of A researcher part of team receiving $2M from Health Canada to fight overdose epidemic
FentaGone
U of A news article: Tackling an epidemic in the midst of a pandemic: UAlberta students propose a solution to combat the opioid crisis